#### 24.4.4 Mapping character formats to DITA inline elements

When you map character formats to DITA elements, make sure that the element mapped to is allowed to contain text. For example, do not map to <menucascade>, map to a <uicontrol> with <menucascade> as parent.

In this section:

§24.4.4.1 Assigning DITA elements to character formats

§24.4.4.2 Including typographic elements in addition to mapped formats

§24.4.4.3 Specifying a default element for unmapped character formats

§24.4.4.4 Overriding element mapping for character formats

§24.4.4.5 Using alternate character formats for menu cascades

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Parent Topic: 24.4 Configuring DITA elements

Sibling Topics:

24.4.1 Understanding how DITA2Go delimits DITA elements

24.4.2 Treating format names as DITA element names

24.4.3 Mapping paragraph formats to DITA block elements

24.4.5 Assigning multiple typographic elements to a format

24.4.6 Assigning attributes to DITA elements

24.4.7 Preserving whitespace in block elements